Joseph A. Schumpeter (8 February 1883 - 8 January 1950)
Born in Trest (Maehren), he studied law and economics in Vienna. After gaining is Doctor of Law in 1907, he went to Egypt amongst other places. In Egypt he worked as the layer and financial advisor of a princess. In 1909 he gained his professor title in Vienna, after which he was offered a professorship in national economy in Czernowitz at first, and then in Graz from 1911 to 1921. In 1913 he taught as a visiting professor at Columbia University, New York. After participating in discussions regarding separate peace for Austria, his political actions led him to the administrative office of the Austrian Minister of Finance in 1919. From 1922 to 1932 he was the president of the Biedermannbank, after the collapse of which, Schumpeter went bankrupt. From 1925 to 1932 he worked at the chair of economics in Bonn. In 1932 he immigrated to the USA, where he taught as a professor of economy at Harvard University until his death in 1950. His works in the field of econometrics were equally as ground-breaking as his analyses of economic cycles. In this field he linked economic approaches with sociological approaches. Schumpeter is the author of fundamental works on the history of economic theories. Copies of selected parts of his estate are available in the Archive. The material primarily deals with the sociological aspects of his work. The original versions of the estate are kept in the archive of Harvard University. An estate index is available. The acquisition of these materials was made possible with the help of the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation.